- 30 May, 2024
Raku Workshop with Bernadette Tuite
A two-day Raku Workshop led by Bernadette Tuite, with Catherine Callanan Saturday 6th & Saturday 20th July | 9:30AM – 5PM | €320
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A two-day Raku Workshop led by Bernadette Tuite, with Catherine Callanan Saturday 6th & Saturday 20th July | 9:30AM – 5PM | €320
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CLAY holding/transforming/performing is a season of clay at the National Sculpture Factory. It celebrates clay as a fundamental and complex material. A key tenet of this clay season is to be witness to experts in…
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Kiln It – Glass Festival is the first in a series of Material Laboratories that happen annually on the Factory floor at the NSF. Material Laboratories is our new programmatic strand that focuses on…
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This two-day welding course was designed to introduce participants to different welding processes including Arc, MIG and TIG. It focused on basic welding joints and fabrication introducing proper health and safety practices. The workshop included an…
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This two day ‘hands on’ workshop explored a wide variety of metal construction techniques including cutting, welding and riveting. Focusing on introducing and understanding the many useful metalworking machines and processes available at the National…
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This workshop taught the basic skills needed to create a small wall piece(s) using 3D patterns in unglazed porcelain, and concentrated on the development of ideas in three-dimensions. The patterns created by participants were used…
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Virtual Reality Workshop with Irish artist Elaine Hoey, will be a two day practical and intensive course programmed for artists and film makers who want to develop their skills & knowledge in the area of…
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This two day workshop was designed to introduce participants to the process of glass casting. It was designed for beginners, although any skill level was accommodated – whether one wanted to brush up on established…
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In this two day masterclass students learnt how to translate their ideas into paper-thin glass using methods inspired by the ancient technique of pâte de verre (glass paste); experimenting with different tools and processes to…
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This two day masterclass explored experimental painting and sandblasting on float glass. In Day one they used oxide and enamel paints with a variety of mark making tools and implements to create a series of…
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Material Laboratories is our new programmatic strand that focuses on specific material researches and medium specific practices through an intensified series of Masterclasses, workshops, lectures and open discussion. In October 2022 we presented Kiln it…
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